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Zachary Taylor - Soldier of the Republic (1941)
Front Cover Book Details
Genre Biography; Non-Fiction
Subject Presidents - United States - Biography; Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850
Publication Date 1941
Format Hardcover
Publisher Bobbs Merrill
Extras Dust Jacket; Dust Jacket Cover
Personal Details
Store AbeBooks
Purchase Price $19.25
Acquire Date 8/4/2011
Condition Very Good/Fair
Rating 0
Product Details
LoC Classification E422 .H32
Dewey 973.6/3/092 B
Edition [1st ed.]
Cover Price $6.00
No. of Pages 335
First Edition Yes
Rare No
Notes/Review
Very thick hardcover, with dust jacket. Maroon cover with gold lettering on the cover and spine. Names on front fly leaf and on back of front cover. Pages slightly browning, very good plus condition. Dust jacket ragged on edges, has been mended with tape at top edge on the back. Fair condition. A comprehensive biography of Zachary Taylor as an Army officer and General in War. Illustrated with photographs and maps. Lots of notes. Index. 335 pages. First edition, possibly.

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This is the first of two volumes of the whole-life biography of Zachary Taylor. This volume covers a bit of family history before his birth up to his triumphant return to Louisiana after the battle of Buena Vista. I thoroughly enjoyed the book pretty much from start to finish. It is an interesting story and well told. My only quibble with it is the few maps are too small to be useful. Some of the battle descriptions would be more easily followed with a good map.

I prefer whole-life biographies of the presidents because I get a better understanding of how each man fits into his time; of (as Douglas Adams said) the basic interconnectedness of all things. In this volume we not only get to know Taylor, but we are introduced to a few of his officers - Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses Grant, and Jefferson Davis (also Taylor's son-in-law).